Staats, Harlan H. (Dr.)

Passed: 1944-09-29

Age: 69

Source:

Death Notice: 1944-09-30

Obituary Date:

Information: Dr. Harlan H. Staats, 69, brother of Atty. E. R. Staats of this city, and founder of Staats hospital in Charleston, died yesterday after an extended illness.  A native of Evans, Jackson County, Dr. Staats was the son of George W. and Diana Staats.  His father was a Civil War veteran.  After his graduation in 1900 from Barnes Medical college in St. Louis, he practiced for a time in Spencer.  In World War I he served as a captain in the medical corps.  He had a private hospital while in Spencer, and established Staats Hospital in Charleston in 1923.  He was widely known throughout the state as a physician and surgeon.      In addition to his brother here, he leaves his widow, Mrs. Pauline Flesher Staats; three sons, Dr. Charles Staats, a major in service at Kansas City and Herbert Staats in service in the Pacific; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Beddow of Charleston and Elizabeth of Santa Rosa, Calif.; eight grandchildren and three sisters, Mrs. Georgia Hodges of Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Lorena Gladrow of Santa Rosa, Calif., and Mrs. Cora Fisher of Charleston.  He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and a sister, Mrs. H. C. Ferguson.  The body was removed to the Bartlett funeral home in Charleston and funeral arrangements are incomplete.